The Film Much Ado About Nothing and Its Contribution to Understanding of the Play

The Film Much Ado About Nothing and Its Contribution to Understanding of the Play

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The Film Much Ado About Nothing and Its Contribution to Understanding of the Play

The film 'Much Ado About Nothing' is very successful because it makes Shakespeare's play alive and it makes the play more realistic. In addition it is a very enjoyable film and helps the audience appreciate the play much more. It puts across the story clearly and helps us understand the significance and situation of the story.

To begin with, one of the clearest ways in which the film is considered to be most outstanding was due to the setting of the film. The film was expediently set in Tuscany, Italy in the beautiful countryside, which is suitable since Shakespeare's play is originally set in Messina, Italy. The…show more content…

The film then shows dark sky with lightning and the sound of thunder. This makes the audience realize that something bad is about to happen because all these constituents are generally related to evil. The evil is in the mind of Don John who is seen plotting evil plans against other people throughout the play.

Another way in which this film contributed to my understanding and appreciation of the play is the incredible representation of the characters. The selection of the actresses and actors was done meticulously in order to accomplish the best possible representations as we are able to see in various momentous scenes of the play.

In addition the costumes that were chosen also contributed to my understanding and appreciation of the play, 'Much Ado About Nothing'. This is because the costumes contributed to the whole faithfulness of the film by representing the genuine faces of the characters that wear them. The soldiers such as Benedick and Claudio in the film were dressed in indistinguishable uniforms of white shirts and blue trousers, indicating a solid acquaintance of harmony between them. On the other hand, the ruthless soldiers such as Borachio and Don John were wearing black trousers. The colour black indicates the evil and wickedness

Comparing the Play versus the Film of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
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character from Much Ado About Nothing, is a perfect example of this quote. Throughout most of the play Claudio is only concerned about how other people and events affect him. However, the obstacles and positions he is put in do not help the situation. The one of the main themes of this play is deception, which Claudio, as well as most of the other characters in the play, fall victim. In Much Ado About Nothing Claudio begins the play with a tendency to be very gullible and paranoid about everything,…

Social Illusions in Much Ado About Nothing
In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare presents us with a romp through the realms of truth and illusion. The play is full of characters plotting and deceiving, for both noble and repugnant reasons. It is a study in the importance and necessity of illusion in our everyday lives, and shows how deeply ingrained deception is in our social behaviors.
Everybody is involved in some kind of illusion, from the masked celebration to the unveiling of…

The play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare consists of many themes which grow out of the game of love'. The two main themes consist of perception and deception. Through the plot complications, character development and dramatic techniques these themes can be explored. In the play deception is shown on both good and evil sides, the game of love between Beatrice and Benedick and the Don John plot to split up Hero and Claudio. Perception is a theme used in most of Shakespeare's plays. Perceptive…

An Understanding Evil
Several of William Shakespeare’s plays focus on the presence of a
characters public appearance in the eyes of spectatorship and observation, and the
problems that result from misunderstandings. Although it is dark at times, Much Ado
About Nothing is a comedy that exemplifies this theme. As spectatorship is an action
characters engage in, it becomes a challenge to keep up with the motives and truthful
appearances of identities throughout the play. Due to Claudio’s ability…

The theme for honour and fidelity apply for both men and women in Shakespeare’s play ‘much ado about nothing’. Honour and fidelity is represented very differently for men and women as it would have been for the people in Elizabethan times. In this first section of the essay, I will be exploring double standards and Shakespeare’s awareness of the double standards between sexes and his feminist approach, the differences of honour and fidelity for men and women and upper class and lower class comparisons…

The play much ado about nothing is a romantic play written by W. Shakespeare.
It revolves around the life of people living in a village. In the text the author explores the theme of marriage from men and women’s point of view.
While this play might look plain and simple, it follows a repetitive pattern which permits Shakespeare to expose the point of view of love in the renaissance form men and women’s point of view in each of the steps of love used in this text, marriage, wooing, the way the wedding…

Much Ado About Nothing Act 1
1. In Act I, Beatrice and Benedick engage in a witty conversation, which Leonato describes as a playful battle: “There is a kind of / merry war betwixt Signor / Benedick and her. They never / meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them” (1.1.58-59). Beatrice insists that she does not like Benedick at all, and insults him relentlessly throughout Act I: “It is so indeed. He is no less than a stuffed man. But for the / stuffing—well, we are all mortal” (1.1.47-48)…

Much Ado About Nothing
In the Renaissance period, marriage was far different and much longer process than it is today. Particularly in the Elizabethan era, marriages were frequently arranged so that both families involved would benefit. Marriages would be arranged to bring prestige, honour and wealth to the family. For the upper class, marriage rarely involved love. Courting outside of one’s class was strictly forbidden and punishable by death in some circumstances. Marriage followed a strict…

William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a play involving by deception, disloyalty, trickery, eavesdropping, and hearsay. The play contains numerous examples of schemes that are used to manipulate the thoughts of other characters; it is the major theme that resonates throughout the play. Ironically, it is one of these themes that bring serenity to the chaos that encompasses most of the play.
The first example of deception we see is with the characters of Beatrice and Benedick. These…